A BRADBURY LIMITED

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04242006 · ltd · incorporated 2001-06-27
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jul 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Sector: Real estate
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 21.3y

45/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 21.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 2 with DOB)
77
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
9 connected companies via shared directors
72
Filing history
64 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
60
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Average employees00

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 mortgage
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-03-31
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  3. 2026-03-31
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    Charge satisfied #1
  4. 2025-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-07-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-07-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-07-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-07-04
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  13. 2017-04-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-07-01
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2016-04-29
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2015-07-01
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    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2005-03-26
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
  18. 2002-07-09
    ➕
    BRADBURY, Lisa Jayne appointed
    secretary
  19. 2002-07-09
    ➖
    BEARD, Jonathan Peter resigned
    secretary
  20. 2001-08-31
    ➖
    LUCKING, Michael James resigned
    director
  21. 2001-07-25
    ➕
    BRADBURY, Andrew David appointed
    director
  22. 2001-07-23
    ➕
    BEARD, Jonathan Peter appointed
    secretary
  23. 2001-07-23
    ➖
    CREDITREFORM SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2001-07-23
    ➕
    LUCKING, Michael James appointed
    director
  25. 2001-07-23
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    CREDITREFORM LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  26. 2001-06-27
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    Company incorporated
    As A BRADBURY LIMITED
  27. 2001-06-27
    ➕
    CREDITREFORM SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  28. 2001-06-27
    ➕
    CREDITREFORM LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

100/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "BRADBURY" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

75/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 25 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Andrew David Bradbury
Individual · British · DOB 02/1969 · age 57
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2001-06-27
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

34 Cross Street
Long Eaton
Nottingham
NG10 1HD

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-07-11
Last: 2026-06-27

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

BRADBURY, Lisa Jayne→
secretary · appointed 2002-07-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRADBURY, Andrew David→
director · ~57y · appointed 2001-07-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BEARD, Jonathan Peter→
secretary · appointed 2001-07-23 · resigned 2002-07-09
Resigned
CREDITREFORM SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-06-27 · resigned 2001-07-23
Resigned
LUCKING, Michael James→
director · ~69y · appointed 2001-07-23 · resigned 2001-08-31
Resigned
CREDITREFORM LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-06-27 · resigned 2001-07-23
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
Mortgage deed2 properties26/03/200531/03/2026

Recent filings (64 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-07-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-27
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2026-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-07-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-07-14